Pagliacci - Directors Cut by hyphnKnight

Format: Commander

Commander: Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis control build commanded by Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin. It focuses on asymmetric hand disruption, ETB value, and spell-based combo finishes. The early game establishes defense through efficient deathtouch blockers and mana acceleration. Once Kefka resolves on Turn 4 or 5, every enter-the-battlefield and attack trigger forces all players to discard while refilling the pilot's hand based on the card types discarded. An extensive suite of low-cost blink and undying spells re-triggers Kefka repeatedly, stripping opponents of answers while protecting the commander from targeted removal. Synergies like Harmonic Prodigy and Naban, Dean of Iteration double these triggers, while Tinybones, Bauble Burglar and Painful Quandary punish opponents for discarding. The deck closes the game by assembling Ghostly Flicker and Naru Meha, Master Wizard, generating infinite mana and flickers to draw the deck and activate Kefka's transform ability repeatedly to wipe all opposing permanents.

Decklist (104 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Blur
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Delay
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Displace
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Essence Flux
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fathom Feeder
  • 1 Feign Death
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Final Act
  • 1 Flame of Anor
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Gilacorn
  • 1 Gogo, Mysterious Mime
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Illusionist's Stratagem
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Intervene
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
  • 1 Last One Standing
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Naban, Dean of Iteration
  • 1 Naru Meha, Master Wizard
  • 1 Nightscape Familiar
  • 1 Norman Osborn // Green Goblin
  • 1 Not Dead After All
  • 1 Painful Quandary
  • 1 Pharika's Chosen
  • 1 Planar Incision
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Season of Weaving
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Siren's Ruse
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Splash Portal
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Supernatural Stamina
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Teferi's Time Twist
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Tidehollow Strix
  • 1 Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
  • 1 Tinybones, the Pickpocket
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Turn Aside
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Vampire of the Dire Moon